No, the/. community would not suffer because code sold for an intended purpose is what is liable, not code released as open-source
Not all of the/. community writes open-source software. Many (perhaps even the majority) of us earn our livings writing and distributing closed-source software.
While I tend to agree with Justice Sanders' dissenting decision, this court case is probably good for me as a professional software developer.
I have nothing against open-source, but I have yet to find a (good) paying job that will let me do what I do writing open-source.
The host's perspective is irrelevant in this issue.
This is true in the greater context of your arguement - however, you gave an unqualified statement that there is no such thing as an "dynamic address". This is simply not true, and I referred you to the appropriate RFC. You didn't state that "We are not interested in the host's perspective of dynamic addressing."
We want to know how some random server can tell if an address is dynamic. You can't.
Again, true.
Not to mention that the address isn't the dynamic part, it's the host that changes not the address.
Again, both change, rendering both dynamic objects. The only thing I commented on was your statement that "There is not [sic] such thing as a "dynamic address".
dynamic:Characterized by continuous change
Therefore, if the address changes from the host's perspective, it renders the address dynamic (by definition).
The thing that intelligence agencies are most adept at is blocking off information from the public. The problem is that so much of this information is the political duplicity and screw-ups that the people have every right to know about, but which is awfully convenient to keep classified.
As someone who has been privy to 'classified' information, I wholehearteldy agree with this statement.
I checked out their page, and was just as curious to find out what they were used for. I opened up the url to the main page, and it seems like they're aiming for the ISP / Rack-mount solution. (Note, they are a certified MS Solution provider... )
Someone modded this up to +4 because Issue9mm can read?
*sigh*
I mean, I'm grateful that he saved me clicking a few links, but please...
Think about what kind of Internet you want. Do you want one where new computer users are constantly reminded that the more experienced consider them to be feedble-minded, or one where they are encouraged to expand their skills and become part of the community?
Here, here!
I'm probably a poster-boy for one of these 'new computer users'. Two years ago, I left the Army without a clue as to what I could do with my life. I bought a computer, signed up with a (literally) a mom-and-pop ISP (let's give a plug for www.seacove.net ) !
I was extremely curious about this "new world", and found many people who were extremely helpful in introducing me to the Internet, and computers in general. To make a long story short, I liked it so much, I learned PERL, C++, and WIN32 programming (don't slam it, it is a great way to earn a living, as I'm sure many slashdotteri work with M$ products during the day, and *NIX at night)
Without people like ClipDude, I wouldn't be where I am today. I always try to "pay the community back"... I am a frequent USENET poster, and try to assist those travelling the same path as I.
The newbie of today could be the tomorrow's guru...
Actually, this is similar to how the "Stealth" planes can be detected.
The plane is designed to absorb (and not reflect) radar and IR, but the jet wash leaves a rather noticeable air disturbance in the plane's wake, and can be detected this way.
Most of the non-US citizens I know read most of their news... from their local newspapers' pages. FEW read only AOL+Time-Warner-owned sites
Good point... Do you think that similar mergers might happen in other countries? Or in a more globalized economy, mightn't AOL expand its reach to other countries? If I'm correct, AOL has a presence in the UK...
You raise a good point - however, early in your article you state that AOL-Time Warner is unlikely to be interested in niche markets such as Slashdot, or blind-enabled web pages. It is the lack of availability in distinct informational markets that will keep niche players like Slashdot alive.
You go on to close with:
"And if that 5% is controlled by a single giant, mass-market media conglomerate... the next generation of bright youngsters who have innovative Web site ideas will never get a chance to build a Slashdot-style following, no matter what operating system they use. "
This is antithetical to your earlier claim. If AOL-Time isn't interested in small markets, other players will be. Slashdot is a perfect example. Even my non-tech friends frequent off-beat websites that fill particular informational needs.
An oft quoted line in this forum is "Information seeks to be free". An appropriate corallary might be "Information seeks to be found."
Actually, more that a drowning out of the 'little voices', I'm frightened of the dribble that is fed into the minds of Joe Q. Public. We'll see the 'televisation' of the Web, with that 95% of accessed content being of similar quality to the nightly news or inane sitcoms.
(As an aside, I live in Atlanta, and our news mostly consists of half-baked, 20-second sound bites taken completely out of context... I've noticed that there is a marked decline in news quality in bigger cities. Am I alone in noticing this?)
Try telling the whole story instead of just one line of it
I agree that/. is infamous for taking out of context quotes, but at least they link to the full story - the slashdotteri are free to read the original story and make an educated evaluation themselves (unlike many other forms of conventional media). Unfortunately, the TTL for a slashdot story seems falling - there is usually no more interesting posts to a story more than a few hours after it is released. Everyone here is usually in a rush to fit their opinion into this 'window' - they skim the article and then hurry to post.
Maybe children need mandatory psychiatric evaluations every six months or so
Sure, just what we need - more government regulation concerning how we raise our children.
Any children found to have problems could quietly be put onto psychiatric drugs...
And, as a parent, of course, I'll have no say in this matter? Put my child on drugs, or she can't go to school?
How about me performing my duties as a parent, and the school performing its duties to educate. School is not meant to take the place of parents (As I'm certain many hardworking teachers will agree with), and it is a shame that we (as both the public and as individual parents) continue to look to schools, expecting them to 'solve' problems that begin in the home.
It's my job to take care of this problem, not some school administrator. I certainly appreciate their input, and willingness to work closely with me to enhance my child's educational environment, but we must remember the primary purpose of a school is to educate my child, not raise her.
I can see that everyone is worried about privacy and a "Big Brother" coming to get you, but if you aren't doing anything to arouse suspicion, you shouldn't worry...
And what defines 'arouse suspicion'? Whose definitions are we going by? Do your political views warrant monitoring? The FBI thought that Albert Einstein's did...
A. EU support of eschelon is cut, but the rest of the network remains, no pollitical [sic] change in the US.
The NSA will always continue to monitor communications regardless of whatever political compromise is struck. SIGINT is part of NSA's very reason for existance. From NSA's FAQ:
"We collect, process, and disseminate intelligence information from foreign electronic signals for national foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes and to support military operations. The requirements driving NSA's collection are set at the highest levels of the U.S. Government. NSA also is tasked with preventing foreign adversaries from gaining access to classified national security information."
As long as there is the NSA, there will be SIGINT. You just won't know about it. We're all kept in the dark as a matter of "National Security".
If you read the Telopolis article, you'll note that: "According to the five page proposal, all future interceptions must "have a legal basis, be in the public interest and be strictly limited to the achievement of the intended objective". My guess is that we'll agree to this, and continue monitoring under the the protection of 'public interest' and 'national security'. Result? Status quo.
And, as an aside - I've formerly held security clearances - it is amazing all of the mundane stuff that is labeled 'classified'... Don't want that embarassing fact to slip? Well, classify it!
I often get the opportunity to moderate, and I never moderate down. I've also moderated up an opinion that I don't necessarily agree with - if it made me stop and think, then I believe it deserves attention.
Unlike most of/. I am not primarily a *NIX user - I work in a very Microsoft-centric environment, and all the programming that I do is in a Win32 capacity. I come to slashdot for interesting discussion on a wide variety of topics, and I enjoy the disparity of viewpoints. Take that away, and slashdot will be reduced to the equivilant of an AOL chatroom echoing with "ME TOO!"s.
sure your server date is correct? I have multiple NTSP5 servers/workstations, and everything worked -like.. well, like clockwork, actually...;-)
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I do have to admit, the trolling was much better today than usuall - I actually enjoy a good troll with the morning news... It lends a certain 'don't take yourself too seriously' aura to things.
Countries often create laws to encourage trade from other countries. Many institutions export parts of their operations to areas with lax labor laws, enabling them to do things that would be illegal (in terms of labor practices) in the US or parts of Europe.
Why doesn't a country interested in attracting internet business adopt a policy of no internet regulation (or very lightly regulated). This could very well create a huge market for jobs in that area to support the necessary technological infrastructure.
As a student at a university, I have had to sign away my rights to any software I might develop, whether using my own equipment at home, or the computers in uni..
And I suppose that if you were an MBA, wrote a business plan, the UNI would own rights to the future business?
Hardly.
Sometimes I think geeks let themselves get taken advantage of too often. As was previously posted, you are paying the school - not the other way around. I assume you also pay a technology fee ? Couldn't this be construed as rental of the equipment you are utilizing?
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Not all of the
While I tend to agree with Justice Sanders' dissenting decision, this court case is probably good for me as a professional software developer.
I have nothing against open-source, but I have yet to find a (good) paying job that will let me do what I do writing open-source.
-jerdenn
This is true in the greater context of your arguement - however, you gave an unqualified statement that there is no such thing as an "dynamic address". This is simply not true, and I referred you to the appropriate RFC. You didn't state that "We are not interested in the host's perspective of dynamic addressing."
We want to know how some random server can tell if an address is dynamic. You can't.
Again, true.
Not to mention that the address isn't the dynamic part, it's the host that changes not the address.
Again, both change, rendering both dynamic objects. The only thing I commented on was your statement that "There is not [sic] such thing as a "dynamic address".
dynamic :Characterized by continuous change
Therefore, if the address changes from the host's perspective, it renders the address dynamic (by definition).
-jerdenn
-jerdenn
Read RFC 2131.
By definition, that makes the address dynamic (from the host's perspective).
-jerdenn
As someone who has been privy to 'classified' information, I wholehearteldy agree with this statement.
-jerdenn
I checked out their page, and was just as curious to find out what they were used for. I opened up the url to the main page, and it seems like they're aiming for the ISP / Rack-mount solution. (Note, they are a certified MS Solution provider... )
Someone modded this up to +4 because Issue9mm can read?
*sigh*
I mean, I'm grateful that he saved me clicking a few links, but please...
-jerdenn
Here, here!
I'm probably a poster-boy for one of these 'new computer users'. Two years ago, I left the Army without a clue as to what I could do with my life. I bought a computer, signed up with a (literally) a mom-and-pop ISP (let's give a plug for www.seacove.net ) !
I was extremely curious about this "new world", and found many people who were extremely helpful in introducing me to the Internet, and computers in general. To make a long story short, I liked it so much, I learned PERL, C++, and WIN32 programming (don't slam it, it is a great way to earn a living, as I'm sure many slashdotteri work with M$ products during the day, and *NIX at night)
Without people like ClipDude, I wouldn't be where I am today. I always try to "pay the community back"... I am a frequent USENET poster, and try to assist those travelling the same path as I.
The newbie of today could be the tomorrow's guru...
-jerdenn
Since the ./ disclaimer at the bottom of each page states that "Comments are owned by the Poster."
Did Mr. Katz get reprint permission?
-jerdenn
I can see it now - my friends come over to watch TV, and all they see at every commercial is some phone sex advertisement:
"Do you need a friend? Call Natalie at 1-900-HOT-GRITS for a really HOT time..."
-jerdenn
The plane is designed to absorb (and not reflect) radar and IR, but the jet wash leaves a rather noticeable air disturbance in the plane's wake, and can be detected this way.
-jerdenn
Most of the non-US citizens I know read most of their news ... from their local newspapers' pages. FEW read only AOL+Time-Warner-owned sites
Good point... Do you think that similar mergers might happen in other countries? Or in a more globalized economy, mightn't AOL expand its reach to other countries? If I'm correct, AOL has a presence in the UK...
jerdenn
Too Funny!
jerdenn
You raise a good point - however, early in your article you state that AOL-Time Warner is unlikely to be interested in niche markets such as Slashdot, or blind-enabled web pages. It is the lack of availability in distinct informational markets that will keep niche players like Slashdot alive.
You go on to close with:
"And if that 5% is controlled by a single giant, mass-market media conglomerate ... the next generation of bright youngsters who have innovative Web site ideas will never get a chance to build a Slashdot-style following, no matter what operating system they use. "
This is antithetical to your earlier claim. If AOL-Time isn't interested in small markets, other players will be. Slashdot is a perfect example. Even my non-tech friends frequent off-beat websites that fill particular informational needs.
An oft quoted line in this forum is "Information seeks to be free". An appropriate corallary might be "Information seeks to be found."
Actually, more that a drowning out of the 'little voices', I'm frightened of the dribble that is fed into the minds of Joe Q. Public. We'll see the 'televisation' of the Web, with that 95% of accessed content being of similar quality to the nightly news or inane sitcoms.
(As an aside, I live in Atlanta, and our news mostly consists of half-baked, 20-second sound bites taken completely out of context... I've noticed that there is a marked decline in news quality in bigger cities. Am I alone in noticing this?)
Hey, it's just my USD$.02
jerdenn
I agree that /. is infamous for taking out of context quotes, but at least they link to the full story - the slashdotteri are free to read the original story and make an educated evaluation themselves (unlike many other forms of conventional media). Unfortunately, the TTL for a slashdot story seems falling - there is usually no more interesting posts to a story more than a few hours after it is released. Everyone here is usually in a rush to fit their opinion into this 'window' - they skim the article and then hurry to post.
-jerdenn
Sure, just what we need - more government regulation concerning how we raise our children.
Any children found to have problems could quietly be put onto psychiatric drugs...
And, as a parent, of course, I'll have no say in this matter? Put my child on drugs, or she can't go to school?
How about me performing my duties as a parent, and the school performing its duties to educate. School is not meant to take the place of parents (As I'm certain many hardworking teachers will agree with), and it is a shame that we (as both the public and as individual parents) continue to look to schools, expecting them to 'solve' problems that begin in the home.
It's my job to take care of this problem, not some school administrator. I certainly appreciate their input, and willingness to work closely with me to enhance my child's educational environment, but we must remember the primary purpose of a school is to educate my child, not raise her.
-jerdenn
And what defines 'arouse suspicion'? Whose definitions are we going by? Do your political views warrant monitoring? The FBI thought that Albert Einstein's did...
Albert Eienstein's FBI files, recently released under the FOIA
If you have no reason for the FBI to pay attention to you, they won't.
This is similar to the arguement that "You wouldn't use encryption unless you had something to hide..."
Just because I have nothing to hide doesn't mean that I enjoy being watched...
-jerdenn
A. EU support of eschelon is cut, but the rest of the network remains, no pollitical [sic] change in the US.
The NSA will always continue to monitor communications regardless of whatever political compromise is struck. SIGINT is part of NSA's very reason for existance. From NSA's FAQ:
"We collect, process, and disseminate intelligence information from foreign electronic signals for national foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes and to support military operations. The requirements driving NSA's collection are set at the highest levels of the U.S. Government. NSA also is tasked with preventing foreign adversaries from gaining access to classified national security information."
As long as there is the NSA, there will be SIGINT. You just won't know about it. We're all kept in the dark as a matter of "National Security".
If you read the Telopolis article, you'll note that: "According to the five page proposal, all future interceptions must "have a legal basis, be in the public interest and be strictly limited to the achievement of the intended objective". My guess is that we'll agree to this, and continue monitoring under the the protection of 'public interest' and 'national security'. Result? Status quo.
And, as an aside - I've formerly held security clearances - it is amazing all of the mundane stuff that is labeled 'classified'... Don't want that embarassing fact to slip? Well, classify it!
-jerdenn
It's also a slang term for people of polish ancestry.
jerdenn
There is... It's in one of the 'hidden' discussion areas. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=mo deration
I often get the opportunity to moderate, and I never moderate down. I've also moderated up an opinion that I don't necessarily agree with - if it made me stop and think, then I believe it deserves attention.
Unlike most of /. I am not primarily a *NIX user - I work in a very Microsoft-centric environment, and all the programming that I do is in a Win32 capacity. I come to slashdot for interesting discussion on a wide variety of topics, and I enjoy the disparity of viewpoints. Take that away, and slashdot will be reduced to the equivilant of an AOL chatroom echoing with "ME TOO!"s.
jerdenn
-jerdenn
I do have to admit, the trolling was much better today than usuall - I actually enjoy a good troll with the morning news... It lends a certain 'don't take yourself too seriously' aura to things.
-jerdenn
-jerdenn
Why doesn't a country interested in attracting internet business adopt a policy of no internet regulation (or very lightly regulated). This could very well create a huge market for jobs in that area to support the necessary technological infrastructure.
Actually, it's possible (With Citrix MetaServer) Just very expensive to implement.
-jerdenn
And I suppose that if you were an MBA, wrote a business plan, the UNI would own rights to the future business?
Hardly.
Sometimes I think geeks let themselves get taken advantage of too often. As was previously posted, you are paying the school - not the other way around. I assume you also pay a technology fee ? Couldn't this be construed as rental of the equipment you are utilizing?
just my $.02. - jerdenn